ABSTRACT
The standard paradigm for policing accountability has done much both to theoretically illuminate the nature of modern governance and to practically regulate the institutions responsible for such. This chapter discusses some terminological consideration will be given to the concepts of both 'accountability' and of 'globalization'. This naturally leads to a discussion of the accountability framework for Interpol, which pays particular attention to how the organization came to be treated as if it were an intergovernmental organization. The chapter also discusses politics of accountability for Interpol. Accountability may be rooted in formal legal requirements and rules, or it may be rooted in custom, or power relations. The advent of the transnational state system has many consequences, but possibly the most profound has to do with the conceptions of democratic governance and accountability. The Interpol network exists within a broader web of policing communications.
